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Hitch-22: A Memoir is a memoir written by author and journalist Christopher Hitchens. The book was published in May 2010 by Atlantic Books in the UK and June 2011 by Twelve, an imprint of Hachette Book Group USA , and was later nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award .
Ulysses S. Grant, working on his memoirs in 1885. His Personal Memoirs is considered by historians to be among the best by a U.S. president. Many presidents of the United States have written autobiographies about their presidencies and/or (some periods of) their life before their time in office. Some 19th-century U.S. presidents who wrote ...
This kind of memoir refers to the idea in ancient Greece and Rome, that memoirs were like "memos", or pieces of unfinished and unpublished writing, which a writer might use as a memory aid to make a more finished document later on. The Sarashina Nikki is an example of an early Japanese memoir, written in the Heian period.
In his heartbreaking and posthumous memoir, "When Breath Becomes Air", Kalanithi explores the big questions surrounding how the prospect of death can impact what makes life worth living.
Ruth Harkin, a trailblazing attorney, corporate executive and public servant as well as wife of U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, has written a memoir, "When My Husband Ran for President ..... and Other Short ...
Memoirs of the Late Mrs. Robinson, Written by Herself: 1801 Shen Fu: Six Records of a Floating Life: 1808 William Cowper: Memoir of the Early Life of William Cowper, Esq., Written by Himself: 1816 Harriette Wilson: Memoirs of Harriette Wilson: 1825 Giacomo Casanova: Histoire de ma vie: 1826 Cornelio Saavedra: Memoria autógrafa: 1829 Richard ...
“Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” is a 2016 memoir written by JD Vance. Vance’s memoir examines the socio-economic situation of white working-class people by ...
The Autobiography was the fourth of four memoirs written by Roosevelt, the other three being: This Is My Story (1937), This I Remember (1949), and On My Own (1958). She combined those three into The Autobiography. The book was generally well received by critics, who particularly appreciated how the combined memoirs showed Eleanor's development.